What are the intensities and line-shapes of the twenty four polarization terms in coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy? by Niu, Kai, Lee, Soo-Ying

“…The conventional CARS term with sharp vibrational lines is the dominant term, with intensity at least one order of magnitude larger than the other terms.…”
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Lamaholot of East Flores: a study of a boundary community by Modh, SV

“…Descent group among Ata Tana ‘Ai are matrilineal and households were traditionally based in scattered gardens. Marriage is not coupled with bridewealth and instances of asymmetric marriage alliance between descent groups are here a consequence rather than a cause of marriage. …”

Semiconducting Polymer Nanobioconjugates for Targeted Photothermal Activation of Neurons by Lyu, Yan, Xie, Chen, Chechetka, Svetlana A., Miyako, Eijiro, Pu, Kanyi

“…SPNsbc are designed to efficiently absorb the NIR light at 808 nm and have a photothermal conversion efficiency higher than that of gold nanorods. By virtue of the fast heating capability in conjunction with the precise targeting to the thermosensitive ion channel, SPNsbc can specifically and rapidly activate the intracellular Ca2+ influx of neuronal cells in a reversible and safe manner. …”
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Age-related differences in functional connectivity during scene encoding by Leow, Dayton Wei Yang

“…In general, there is converging support for both the IFG and MTL (hippocampus/parahippocampus) to be functionally connected and work in tandem during relational encoding of scenes. Older adults performing relational encoding5 and scene encoding3 exhibited increased inferior frontal activation than young adults to meet their increased cognitive demand. …”
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Understanding motivation to adhere to guidelines for alcohol intake, physical activity, and fruit and vegetable intake among U.K. university students by de Visser, Richard O., Conroy, Dom, Davies, Emma, Cooke, Richard

“…University students are a group worth of attention because although they are less likely than older adults to exceed UK weekly alcohol intake guidelines or to be inactive, they are also less likely to meet FV consumption targets. …”
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Characteristics of Chinese higher education EFL teachers' behaviors based on technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) by Yang, Mingxing, Jeyaraj, Joanna Joseph, Ahmad, Norhakimah Khaiessa, Yang, Wei

“…High-level teachers excelled in TPACK integration more than medium-level and low-level teachers, especially older ones. …”
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The transfer and maximisation of dry-land strength & power into in-water thrust in competitive swimming by Tan, Quah Jian

“…To the author’s knowledge, no similar studies comparing SIRt strength and swimming thrust were conducted using the gold-standard equipment for both dry-land and in-water testing. …”
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On the International Monetary System (IMS): A case of background injustice and parasitic exploitation by Guajardo Ortega, CC

“…I consider two stylized but historical cases, the Gold Standard and the Reserve Currency Standard. …”

Effect of confining pressure on hysteresis of soil-water characteristic curves by Eng, Ngee Kiang

“…It is also noted that soil-water relationship follows different paths during drying and wetting, where the soil under drying has a higher water content than the soil under wetting at a given matric suction. …”
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For Christ and Germany: German Catholicism and the Second World War by Brodie, TO

“…Younger clergymen were frequently more sympathetic to völkisch nationalism than their older colleagues, and desired a more pro-Nazi stance from the German episcopate. …”

Unravelling the Antifibrinolytic Mechanism of Action of the 1,2,3-Triazole Derivatives by Rabadà, Yvette, Bosch-Sanz, Oriol, Biarnés, Xevi, Pedreño, Javier, Caveda, Luis, Sánchez-García, David, Martorell, Jordi, Balcells, Mercedes

“…Two of the molecules of this family have shown activity that is greater than or similar to that of tranexamic acid (TXA), the current antifibrinolytic gold standard, which has been associated with several side effects and whose use is limited in patients with renal impairment. …”
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Nanoplasmonic ruler for measuring separation distance between supported lipid bilayers and oxide surfaces by Abdul Rahim Ferhan, Spackova, Barbora, Jackman, Joshua A., Ma, Gamaliel J., Sut, Tun Naw, Homola, Jiri, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…The results indicate that there is a larger separation distance between SLBs and titania surfaces than silica surfaces, and the trend was consistent across three tested lipid compositions. …”
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In memory of Aureliano's ice. by Ho, Jia Xuan.

“…These repeated images suggest hints of conflicting emotions, a thin line between sentimentalism and obsession, yet undeniably, there seems to be more meaning attached to this piece of memory than what is actually revealed. Possibly, José Arcadio Buendía‟s assessment of ice as “the great invention of our time” may have made a permanent imprint on Aureliano‟s memory, yet one cannot underestimate the “boiling” impact of his personal experience (18). …”
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West African labour and the development of mechanised mining in southwest Ghana, c.1870s to 1910 by Mark-Thiesen, C

“…Wassa in southwest Ghana was the location of the largest mining sector in colonial British West Africa. The gold mines provide an excellent case study of how labour was mobilised for large-scale production immediately after the legal end of slavery, in the context of an expansive independent labour market. …”

Essays on blood supply management by Senga, Juan Ramon Liboro

“…We find that if the objective function is to maximize number of donations, blood banks would focus on retaining those who have already donated rather than getting new donors. However, this leaves the blood bank vulnerable to having an older donor pool. …”
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Singles' reasons for being single : empirical evidence from an evolutionary perspective by Apostolou, Menelaos, O, Jiaqing, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Younger people were more likely to indicate that they were single because they had poor flirting skills, because they did not see themselves as desirable mates, and because they did not like commitment; whereas older people were more likely to indicate that they were single in order to be free to do what they have wanted. …”
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Translating decoration and symbolism of Chinese architectural works in tourism texts : a case study of Nan Hai Ming Zhu Tian Fu Gong (Pearl of the South Seas——Thian Hock Keng) by Koh, Qiumei

“…For more than a thousand years, art has been one of the main features of traditional architectural works in China before it widely influenced East Asia. …”
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A 15-year review of dengue hospitalizations in Singapore : reducing admissions without adverse consequences, 2003 to 2017 by Ang, Li Wei, Thein, Tun-Linn, Ng, Yixiang, Boudville, Irving Charles, Chia, Po Ying, Lee, Vernon Jian Ming, Leo, Yee-Sin

“…Further studies are needed to optimize dengue management in older adults who are more likely to be hospitalized with greater disease severity, given the higher proportions of hospitalizations and severe disease among older adults.…”
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Lower limb torque prediction for sit-to-walk strategies using long short-term memory neural networks by Perera, Chamalka Kenneth, Gopalai, Alpha A., Gouwanda, Darwin, Ahmad, Siti A., Teh, Pei-Lee

“…As such, train and test STW data were obtained from 65 subjects across three age groups: young, middle-aged, and older adults (19-73 years). Model inputs were hip and knee angles with horizontal center of mass velocity, while windowing allowed the LSTMs to dynamically adapt to real-time changes in STW transitions. …”
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Effective antibodies immobilization and functionalized nanoparticles in a quartz-crystal microbalance-based immunosensor for the detection of parathion by Della Ventura, Bartolomeo, Iannaccone, Marco, Funari, Riccardo, Pica Ciamarra, Massimo, Altucci, Carlo, Capparelli, Rosanna, Roperto, Sante, Velotta, Raffaele

“…In this paper, we extend the application of such a method to small analytes by showing that once the working surface of a Quartz-Crystal Microbalance (QCM) has been properly functionalized, a limit of detection lower than 1 ppb is reached for parathion. The effective surface functionalization is achieved by immobilizing antibodies upright oriented on the QCM gold surface by a simple photochemical technique (Photonic Immobilization Technique, PIT) based on the UV irradiation of the antibodies, whereas a simple protocol provided by the manufacturer is applied to functionalize the gold nanoparticles. …”
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